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OK, if it's new go back to the dealer, they should have made sure it was all set-up right.

The dealer should have helped you with this. Is the car new or new to you? If the car is new to you then the dealer really needs to "disconnect" the previous owner. Have you created the required credentials in the app including and S-PIN? The car needs to be paired with your app. During pairing the car will ask you for the S-PIN. If the car is more than 3 years old or you are the second owner then a lot of stuff will be unavailable until you pay for it. Map updates and real time traffic are the two most obvious. If a previous owner used thins like traffication and pay to park then these will be disconnected and you'll get information to tell you they have. Hence all the warnings. Drop into your nearest Skoda dealer, they should be able to sort it.

Depends what you all mean by "to the top". If you fill the tank until the pump cuts out with the nozzle fully into the filler pipe then that is what you are supposed to do. You might call that "to the top". Now if, when the pump cuts out in the above scenario, you then pull the filler nozzle back and get a further 2-3 litres into the car and you call this "to the top" then you are asking for trouble. The fuel level is high enough that it could flow into the evap cannister. (Probably not an issue on a warm day if you are on a long trip and fill up mid trip. for sure a potential issue if you only drive another mile or two before parking the car.) From the Kamiq handbook: " Insert the fuel nozzle into the fuel filler neck up to the stop and refuel. › Do not continue refuelling after the fuel nozzle switches off. › Remove the fuel nozzle and put it back on the petrol pump." Also see information on petrol fuel filter around page 147

Hard to say from the video. Try using Super Unleaded petrol for a tankful or two. See if the noise disappears after the second fill up.

In the old days filling to the brim was no issue. Since the advent of the Evap control system it's not recommended. I actually think it says it in the handbook. Using E5 petrol also a smart thing to do. The ethanol content of E10 causes it to absorb more water. That ethanol / water mixture can separate out over time if the car is left standing and will help to induce rust.

Probably best you replaced both, some folks say you can recover the cannister by an air purge. Was there any warning on the dashboard about the failed N80 valve? Do you, by chance, habitually brim the tank when you refuel? I've heard that this is not a good idea due to the evap cannister.

I'll offer a perspective. First if it says oil service in 90 days I'd suspect that it will need one. If it had been done pre-sale the technician would have re-set the warning indicator. It is possible that they forgot, given the reading you have for inspection service. Ask the supplying dealer. Any Skoda dealer (in fact any VAG group dealer) should be able to give you a full printout of the electronic service record. If it's not the supplying dealer then they might ask you to pay a small fee. For peace of mind I'd ask the supplying dealer for the record. My Skoda dealer hands out the printout at every visit to the workshop without me needing to ask. As to servicing, the oil change in particular will be dependant on how you use the car. Lots of short trips, then it would be wise to change the oil as often as every 5000 miles or 1 year, whichever comes first. Inspection service, you can probably follow what the car tells you to do. If you live in a very dusty environment then I'd change the air filter annually.

@Evolution13 I tend to watch a channel on the internet called The Car Edition. It's useful as it's run by mechanics and gives a perspective on which cars don't breakdown very much and which do. Also on things like which cars are easy to service and which are not. (hard to service leads to a tendency to skip stuff.) It's also worth looking into what's actually under the hood. So many powertrains are now shared between manufacturers that a Renault (insert brand of choice) may not be a Renault at all under the surface. A clear example that comes easily to my mind is the VW Amarok, it's basically a Ford Ranger under the skin. Maybe you think that the quality of cars just gets better and better? Thinking back to Audi's I owned years back they were undoubtedly better built than todays offerings IMHO.

The quality of all cars goes down year on year. Look carefully before buying a Renault, some are still Ok and some are rubbish.

I might be wrong but I don't think travel assist on a Skoda is as fully integrated as on some other VAG cars. For Skoda travel assist is lane keeping assist, blindspot assist and adaptive cruise all working together. As such I don't think that there are OTA upgrades as you'll certainly have lane keeping assist and adaptive cruise. Not sure if blindspot assist is an option or standard but it needs sensors , it's not just an upgrade to the software.

Sadly this is a well documented problem with all VAG products. There can be multiple causes but very often it is a broken antenna wire or a faulty SOS module. If you have tried the hard reset on the infotainment (Turn it fully off and then back on again). then the only other thing to do is visit the dealer.

Ah, understood, I tend to part with my cars at around 6-7 years old. At that age they still have some value and I can generally get better trade in allowance by providing a dealer or factory history. Amazingly (or maybe not) any VAG group dealer in the UK can look up the electronic service record of any VAG group product.

Page 57 of the handbook (at least on my car). Press the right hand silver button on the steering wheel to bring up the menu. Scroll to "Warning at" Press the right hand silver button again. Set a new speed for the warning. I have a horrible feeling that, once activated this warning is there for ever. It should cancel if the car is left standing for 2 hours. Maybe try setting it to 90mph as the stored value? Your car will have speed limit recognition as well, does the little speed limit symbol in the dash reflect the posted speed limit? In my car overspeed due to exceeding the posted speed limit gives rise to a little "bong" and the speed limit symbol pulsates.

So if you do your own servicing how do you ensure the vehicles electronic service record is updated? Or don't they have such things in Australia?

H'mmm, so the car, for whatever reason, says service in June 2026 but you are sure you know better. Frankly I'd have serviced the car in June and had the peace of mind that I'd done things properly. You will realise there will now be a mismatch in the cars digital (or paper) service record which you won't be able to explain. I'm pretty sure the ECU logs the service resets. This might make your life difficult in the event you need to claim under your warrantee.

It seems you have a good dealer. Stick with them. Bleeding both systems is the right thing to do. If you don't you leave an amount of old fluid in the system due to the combined reservoir.

I think there are pitfalls to EV's if you are not careful. For sure if I were considering one I'd lease it on a short lease that was no longer than the manufacturer warrantee. There is no way I would buy one. That said that are a good option for those of us who do short trips and home charging on a "granny lead" is a practical option but you MUST still use a 13A socket designed to support car charging, BS 1363-2, often marked with "EV". (This is due to the constant load). My sparky recommends a separate circuit as well as the safest way. My preference, despite the short trips, remains a petrol engine and in the Skoda range I prefer the 1.5. It'll return 43 mpg around town with ease and over 50 mpg on a run. Given my low annual mileage I personally think a full oil and filter service once a year or at 5000 miles makes the most sense. The one thing short trips are good at is gumming up the engine internals. I also follow the advice after a long run at higher speed to allow the engine a few minutes at idle to cool down before switching it off.

I use our 1.5 TSi for mostly short trips (less than 20 miles). It's OK so far at 1 year and 3.5k miles. It get 2-3 long (200mile) trips a year.

No mention of any wiper cleverness in the owner manual. Other that the "automatic" rear wipe (configurable in settings) and the "service" position.

Thanks all, I stand corrected.

OK - I agree - electric cars don't have EGR and some older cars still on the road don't have EGR. However the vast majority of newer cars, both petrol and diesel have EGR.

Ah, OK, the service reset options probably don't trigger until you get closer to the service in either time or distance.

As has been said, even the 1.0 TSI needs a longer run occasionally. All cars have EGR and short runs and EGR don't mix. For sure avoid a TDI if the majority of trips are short.

Something else I've noticed is that on a hot day, parked in the sun the infotainment can go mad. I use a cheap tinfoil sunshade in the windscreen. Weirdest thing I saw was the steering wheel buttons reversing function (i.e, left buttons doing right button things)!

Worth a look. “Emergency call restricted, workshop” Warning in Skoda cars